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In article <1iobibINN79q@golem.wcc.govt.nz> wells_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz writes:
>> The ST has some good software, but the clones have TONNES of good
>> software, and some GREAT software.  Where is CorelDRAW! or MicroGrafix
>> Designer for the ST?  Well, I could use Avaunt-Vektor, which costs about
>
>Prism Paint?!  The Cyber-Series!?  CAD-3D!?  Spectrum 512 (a little dated
>but it produces nice pictures)..  True-Paint (Dunno if it's been released
>yet or not).  

How about real-time 24-bit video on a Macintosh?  You *always* lose
when you play "Can You Top This" games with PC's and Mac's.  There's just  
more money spent on software in those markets.  ST developers couldn't
compete if they tried in today's market.  You don't spend $1 million
on a product you're going to sell a couple thousand of.

>If people wanted to run MS-Doze software, they would have purchased
>a 386, not an STE!  Think about it!!

I have thought about it, and perhaps I should have done that in the
first place.

>Also - did you know that the ST/E's biggest use, is for music!?  

Ha!  I laugh in your general direction.  You think the ST runs the best
MIDI software nowadays?  Look at how many sequencer companies have
balied from the ST market and gone to the Mac and PC markets.  As for
the STe, any machine that boasts 8-bit sample playback but only
supports four nonstandard playback speeds (6.25, 12.5, 25, 50 kHz) is a
joke.

>(You may have noticed those MIDI ports on the side 8-)  

I've also noticed that since PC's have the amazingly novel ability to
accept cards, I can buy a MIDI card and plug it in, and use it on a
reasonably spritely machine.  It's a damn good thing they're built into
the ST, isn't it, otherwise we'd be SOL on that front, wouldn't we?

>And Great software such as Notator, Cu-Base, etc. (Of which
>there's been a lot of rights-swapping lately.)

What NEW software has been written in these categories?  I mean, as in
written in 1992.  MIDI software is a growing business in the PC and Mac
sectors.

>Dogs Crawl under fences.... Software crawls under windows....

'Twas brillig and the slithy toves...

Dave Baggett
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